Check out ‘Amazon’ on Twitter
Last week Amazon launched new functionality on their Site Strip, allowing Amazon Associates to share Amazon products with their followers on Twitter. This new functionality can be launched from any page within Amazon and creates a tweet for you regarding the product you’re currently viewing. Of course, like any affiliate program, if any of your followers happen to click on the link and buy a product, you receive a referral fee (up to 15% of the purchase at Amazon). Here’s the official email Amazon sent to all Amazon Associates last week:
From: Amazon.com Associates Program
Date: Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 12:05 AM
Subject: Amazon Associates Now Integrates Directly with Twitter
Dear Associate,
Today we are excited to announce the launch of a new feature called Share on Twitter. You can access Share on Twitter from the Site Stripe and post to your Twitter account from Amazon detail pages in just two clicks.
The Share on Twitter feature is easy to use. Simply log in to your Amazon Associates account and then visit any detail page on Amazon.com. By clicking on the Share on Twitter button in the Site Stripe, a new window will open and an Amazon-generated message is pre populated in the ‘What are you doing?’ text area of your Twitter account (you may be asked to log in to your Twitter account). That message will include a shortened URL that already includes your Associates ID. You’ll have the option to edit this message or simply hit the ‘Update’ button to post to your Twitter account. When Twitter users click on the link in your post and make a qualifying sale, you’ll earn referral fees. That’s it.
For more information about how you can use social networks in connection with your Associates account, please visit our Social Media FAQ.
Also, did you know that you can stay connected with Amazon Associates by following us on Twitter, becoming a fan on Facebook and joining our group on Linkedin? We’ll post program announcements as well as top deals and promotions.
Please tell us what you think of our new Share on Twitter feature using hashtag ‘#AMZNSOT’ on Twitter or contact us via the contact form. We want to hear from you!
Sincerely,
The Amazon Associates Program
The Kindle Expirement
I decided to give it a try and see just how easy it was. Check out my Kindle tweet to the right in my Twitter widget. (Included below in case it’s no longer in my top 5 tweets).
“Check out ‘Kindle Wireless Reading Device (6″ Display, Global Wireless, Latest Generation)’ by Amazon.com http://bit.ly/LqSPh“
Turns out it’s just as easy as they claim. I clicked the “Share on Twitter” button and was asked for my Twitter credentials. After logging in I was taken directly to my Twitter homepage where the message above was waiting for me to click “update”.
Now only time will tell whether or not any of my 700 Twitter followers decide to purchase a Kindle. If they do, I could make up to $45. And if they don’t, it only cost me 30 seconds of my time. Why don’t you give it a shot? Becoming an Amazon Associate is completely free and easy to do. And who knows, maybe one of your followers will be looking for a Kindle (or one of the other thousand products Amazon offers).
